Sports Person Famous Names Starting with Letter N

Is a former Canadian Olympic swimmer.Garapick's Olympic performances came on the heels of her World

Is a former Canadian Olympic swimmer.Garapick's Olympic performances came on the heels of her World Record performance on April 27, 1975 at the Eastern Canadian Swimming Championships in Brantford, Ontario, while a member of the Halifax Trojan Aquatic Club and coached by Nigel Kemp.

Is a retired Belgian tennis player. As a junior player, she won four Grand Slam titles — one in si

Is a retired Belgian tennis player. As a junior player, she won four Grand Slam titles — one in singles and three in doubles. At the 1993 Wimbledon Championships, she triumphed in both singles and doubles. Her best Grand Slam singles result is the third

Was a Swedish swimmer, swimming instructor and bath house director. She was the first Swedish woman

Was a Swedish swimmer, swimming instructor and bath house director. She was the first Swedish woman in these fields. Edberg was a pioneer in making the art of swimming and ice skating accepted for women in Sweden. n 1865, she introduced swimming for women

Is a retired female hammer thrower from El Salvador. She set her personal best throw (62.43 metres)

Is a retired female hammer thrower from El Salvador. She set her personal best throw (62.43 metres) on June 9, 2001 at a meet in San Salvador. This is the current Salvadorean record. She attended Oklahoma State University in Stillwater, Oklahoma and South

Is an American retired swimmer who competed for the United States at the 1984 Summer Olympics. She w

Is an American retired swimmer who competed for the United States at the 1984 Summer Olympics. She won three gold and one silver medals in medley and freestyle swimming. After retiring from competitive swimming she became a lawyer, writer, and asthma spok

Was an American swimmer. Ramey won a silver medal at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne. Ramey at

Was an American swimmer. Ramey won a silver medal at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne. Ramey attended the University of Washington and the University of Wisconsin.

Is an American indoor volleyball player. She represented her native country at the 2004 Summer Olymp

Is an American indoor volleyball player. She represented her native country at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, where she finished in fifth place with the USA National Team.

Was an American swimmer. Simons won a silver medal at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne.

Was an American swimmer. Simons won a silver medal at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne.

Is a politician and former athlete from Luxembourg. She competed in triathlon and swimming. She now

Is a politician and former athlete from Luxembourg. She competed in triathlon and swimming. She now sits in the national legislative, the Chamber of Deputies, for the Christian Social People's Party. Kemp-Arendt competed under her maiden name, Nancy Arend

Was an Olympic speedskater (1976, 1980, 1984, 1988) from Illinois who held the world record in the 3

Was an Olympic speedskater (1976, 1980, 1984, 1988) from Illinois who held the world record in the 3,000 meters in 1976.

Is a former competitive freestyle swimmer from the United States. Despite contracting polio at a you

Is a former competitive freestyle swimmer from the United States. Despite contracting polio at a young age, she went on to set numerous amateur swimming records in her career, most in her early teens, and went on to compete in the 400 meter freestyle at t

Is a Canadian sprint canoer who competed in the late 1980s. She was eliminated in the semifinals of

Is a Canadian sprint canoer who competed in the late 1980s. She was eliminated in the semifinals of the K-4 500 m event at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul.

Is an American sprint canoer who competed in the early 1970s. She was eliminated in the semifinals o

Is an American sprint canoer who competed in the early 1970s. She was eliminated in the semifinals of the K-2 500 m event at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich.

Is a former tennis player from the U.S.

Is a former tennis player from the U.S.

Is a former international medley swimmer from Canada, who competed at two consequentive Summer Olymp

Is a former international medley swimmer from Canada, who competed at two consequentive Summer Olympics for her native country, starting in 1992 in Barcelona, Spain. There she finished in seventh place in the 200m Individual Medley, and in 13th in the 400m Individual Medley.

Is an American speed skater who competed at the 2010 Winter Olympics. Nancy graduated from Wheaton N

Is an American speed skater who competed at the 2010 Winter Olympics. Nancy graduated from Wheaton North High School in Wheaton, IL in 2005. Swider-Peltz, Jr.'s mother, Nancy, competed in four Winter Olympics as a speed skater from the mid 1970s to the la

Was a female tennis player from Australia. She won the women's singles title six times at the Austra

Was a female tennis player from Australia. She won the women's singles title six times at the Australian Championships, second only to Margaret Court who won 11 titles. Bolton won a total of 20 titles at the Australian Championships, second only to Court's 21 titles.

Is a field hockey midfielder from India, who made his international debut for the Men's National Tea

Is a field hockey midfielder from India, who made his international debut for the Men's National Team in early 1992. Nicknamed Murali, Kumar represented his native country at three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1992 in Barcelona, Spain, where I

Is an Indian-born Ugandan cricketer. A right-handed batsman and right arm medium-fast bowler, he pla

Is an Indian-born Ugandan cricketer. A right-handed batsman and right arm medium-fast bowler, he played six matches for Uganda in the 2005 ICC Trophy in Ireland, and has made four first-class appearances for them in the ICC Intercontinental Cup.

A right arm offbreak bowler, he made his Test debut in 1979 during a rebuilding stage in Indian cric

A right arm offbreak bowler, he made his Test debut in 1979 during a rebuilding stage in Indian cricket with their spin quartet breaking up. His debut series, against Australia, was a success with 24 wickets in the five Tests and he did enough to force Srinivasaraghavan Venkataraghavan out of the side. He played regularly for India until 1987, forming a new spin trio with Shastri and Doshi.

Is a French professional basketball player, with parents from Portugal, who was drafted with the 53r

Is a French professional basketball player, with parents from Portugal, who was drafted with the 53rd pick by the San Antonio Spurs in the 2009 NBA Draft.

Is an Angolan-German football striker, currently playing for AGF. He fled from the Angolan Civil War

Is an Angolan-German football striker, currently playing for AGF. He fled from the Angolan Civil War at the age of eight, and resided to the Netherlands. In 2002 he signed for Hertha BSC Berlin in Germany, and he eventually received a German passport, ena

Was an Indian Test cricketer. He was the first cricketer to score a Test century for the Indian cric

Was an Indian Test cricketer. He was the first cricketer to score a Test century for the Indian cricket team, which he achieved on debut. He was also independent India's first Test captain, leading the team on a tour of Australia in 1947-1948.

Is an Indian professional football player currently playing for Mohun Bagan. He plays as a defender

Is an Indian professional football player currently playing for Mohun Bagan. He plays as a defender and is known for his high work rate and goal scoring ability. N.S.Manju, who shot to fame during India’s tour of Pakistan in 2005, was a part of the Indian

Is a former sumo wrestler from Samoa. His highest rank was maegashira 2. He was given the fighting n

Is a former sumo wrestler from Samoa. His highest rank was maegashira 2. He was given the fighting name of Nankairyu, or "South Seas dragon." In November 1987 he became the third non Asian sumo wrestler, after Takamiyama and Konishiki, to reach the top ma